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Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by lakySK on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:22PM (#36076398)
Ok, let me try and generate one episode for you when I get home. Curious to hear what you think afterwards :)
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by asveikau on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:13PM (#36077657)
I'm guessing choosing a regional variety of Spanish to use could be fraught.
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by 35mm on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:03AM (#36081361)
Madrid seems pretty safe
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by anthk on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:33AM (#36081572)
No, thanks, "Madrid" as in "Madrith", nope. Better the Castillian one.
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by ricardobayes on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:20AM (#36081483)
I'm sure you're already familiar with the following, but could be interesting for others. Spain (the country) has multiple official languages, one of them being the European Spanish called Castellano Spanish. This is what people refer to as "Spanish language". However there are others, like Catalonian, Galician, Basque, Valenciano etc. languages, which are also "Spanish", but not mutually intelligible with Castellano. These are completely different languages on their own, and interestingly, in the case of Basque, not even in the same family of languages.
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by asveikau on Friday May 26, 2023 @12:19PM (#36086148)
Even sticking to Castilian, the regional accents and vocabulary choices could differ. You could pick a neutral Castilian accent from Spain, potentially alienating Latin Americans but I think this is often received OK if a little off. You could pick something that sounds like Mexico or Colombia, which are each common choices for things with an international audience. But then, say, an Argentine accent, to pick out one, would sound pretty different.
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by higgins on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:52PM (#36077986)
i too would love to listen to a Mexican Spanish version
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by dotcoma on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:20PM (#36078982)
I would love Spanish from Salamanca, Spain — which is supposed to be the gold standard.
Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by lakySK on Friday May 26, 2023 @05:06PM (#36089513)
Got a spanish episode generated. Is this similar to the dialect you'd expect? Let me know what you think :)

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2196522/12927853

Re:Show HN: Hacker News in Slow Italian - AI-generated podca... by lakySK on Friday May 26, 2023 @05:06PM (#36089508)
Got a spanish episode generated. Generic Spanish so far, but I did see they have some dialects on Play.HT. Let me know what you think :)

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2196522/12927853